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The document provides an overview of Kinect for Windows, detailing its specifications, software development requirements, and the PyKinect project, which enables Python bindings for the Kinect SDK. It outlines the hardware and software interaction, skeleton tracking capabilities, and includes code snippets for using PyKinect. References for further information on the Kinect SDK and PyKinect are also provided.

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PyKinect

The document provides an overview of Kinect for Windows, detailing its specifications, software development requirements, and the PyKinect project, which enables Python bindings for the Kinect SDK. It outlines the hardware and software interaction, skeleton tracking capabilities, and includes code snippets for using PyKinect. References for further information on the Kinect SDK and PyKinect are also provided.

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Eric ShangKuan (ericsk)

Technical Evangelist
Microsoft Taiwan Corporation
Agenda
• Kinect for Windows
• PyKinect: How-to
• References
Kinect for Windows (K4W)
Kinect for Windows
How Kinect Works
Skeleton Tracking
Detailed Spec
Resolution 1280 x 960 (RGB Camera)
Viewing angle 43° vertical by 57° horizontal field of view
Tilt range ±27°
Frame rate 30fps
Audio format 16KHz, 24-bit PCM
Audio input A four-microphone array with 24-bit analog-to-digital
converter (ADC) and Kinect-resident signal processing including
acoustic echo cancellation and noise suppression
# of tracking users 4
# of tracking points 20
Different from XBox360 Kinect
• Near mode
– Enables the camera to see objects as close as
40 centimeters in front of the device without
losing accuracy or precision, with graceful
degradation out to 3 meters.
• Shortening USB cable and small dongle
• Support and software updates
Kinect Software Development
• Windows 7/8 RP
• Visual Studio 2010
• C++ or C# (w/ .NET 4.0)
• Kinect for Windows SDK (1.5)
• (optional) DirectX
• (optional) Microsoft Speech Platform Runtime
• (optional) Kinect for Windows Language Pack
K4W HW/SW Interaction
K4W SDK Architecture

1. Kinect hardware
2. Kinect drivers
3. Audio and Video Components
4. DirectX Media Object (DMO) for microphone array beam-forming and audio source
localization.
5. Win32 standard APIs
PyKinect
PyKinect Project
• A Python bindings of K4W SDK.
– K4W SDK is required.
• A part of Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS)
open source project.
• http://pytools.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=PyKi
nect
Enable PyKinect
• CPython 2.7 (32-bit)
• Kinect for Windows SDK (1.5 is OK)
• 2 ways to install PyKinect
– Install PTVS and PTVS – PyKinect Sample , then install PyKinect
through PTVS menu.
– Install through PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pykinect/1.0
• (optional) PyGame
How to use PyKinect?
from pykinect import nui

# Create a kinect instance


kinect = nui.Runtime()
# Enable the skeleton engine
kinect.skeleton_engine.enabled = True
# skeleton frame ready event handling
kinect.skeleton_frame_ready += skeleton_frame_ready
# depth frame ready event handling
kinect.depth_frame_ready += depth_frame_ready
# video frame ready event handling
kinect.video_frame_ready += video_frame_ready
Skeleton Tracking
• Each joint (關節) is represented by 3-axis
coordination (x, y, z)
– RH axis
• Use JointId to ensure where the joint is.
Get Skeleton Data
def skeleton_frame_ready(skeleton_frame):
skeletons = skeleton_frame.SkeletonData
# index for users
for index, data in enumerate(skeletons):
# get head position
head_positions = data.SkeletonPositions[JointId.Head]

# handle limbs - left arm


LEFT_ARM = (JointId.ShoulderCenter,
JointId.ShoulderLeft,
JointId.ElbowLeft,
JointId.WristLeft,
JointId.HandLeft)
left_arm_positions = [data.SkeletonPositions[x] for x in
LEFT_ARM]
Demo – Draw Skeletons
References
• Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide &
References:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh855347
• Check-out the PyKinect source:
http://pytools.codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changes
ets

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